Reference: Luke, Gospel According to
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was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrative of the facts (Lu 1:1-4). The authors of the first three Gospels, the synoptics, wrote independently of each other. Each wrote his independent narrative under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Each writer has some things, both in matter and style, peculiar to himself, yet all the three have much in common. Luke's Gospel has been called "the Gospel of the nations, full of mercy and hope, assured to the world by the love of a suffering Saviour;" "the Gospel of the saintly life;" "the Gospel for the Greeks; the Gospel of the future; the Gospel of progressive Christianity, of the universality and gratuitousness of the gospel; the historic Gospel; the Gospel of Jesus as the good Physician and the Saviour of mankind;" the "Gospel of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man;" "the Gospel of womanhood;" "the Gospel of the outcast, of the Samaritan, the publican, the harlot, and the prodigal;" "the Gospel of tolerance." The main characteristic of this Gospel, as Farrar (Cambridge Bible, Luke, Introd.) remarks, is fitly expressed in the motto, "Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil" (Ac 10:38; comp. Lu 4:18). Luke wrote for the "Hellenic world." This Gospel is indeed "rich and precious."
Out of a total of 1151 verses, Luke has 389 in common with Matthew and Mark, 176 in common with Matthew alone, 41 in common with Mark alone, leaving 544 peculiar to himself. In many instances all three use identical language. (See Matthew; Mark; Gospels.)
There are seventeen of our Lord's parables peculiar to this Gospel. (See List of Parables in Appendix.) Luke also records seven of our Lord's miracles which are omitted by Matthew and Mark. (See List of Miracles in Appendix.) The synoptical Gospels are related to each other after the following scheme. If the contents of each Gospel be represented by 100, then when compared this result is obtained:
Mark has 7 peculiarities, 93 coincidences. Matthew 42 peculiarities, 58 coincidences. Luke 59 peculiarities, 41 coincidences.
That is, thirteen-fourteenths of Mark, four-sevenths of Matthew, and two-fifths of Luke are taken up in describing the same things in very similar language.
Luke's style is more finished and classical than that of Matthew and Mark. There is less in it of the Hebrew idiom. He uses a few Latin words (Lu 12:6; 7:41; 8:30; 11:33; 19:20), but no Syriac or Hebrew words except sikera, an exciting drink of the nature of wine, but not made of grapes (from Heb shakar, "he is intoxicated", Le 10:9), probably palm wine.
This Gospel contains twenty-eight distinct references to the Old Testament.
The date of its composition is uncertain. It must have been written before the Acts, the date of the composition of which is generally fixed at about 63 or 64 A.D. This Gospel was written, therefore, probably about 60 or 63, when Luke may have been at Caesarea in attendance on Paul, who was then a prisoner. Others have conjectured that it was written at Rome during Paul's imprisonment there. But on this point no positive certainty can be attained.
It is commonly supposed that Luke wrote under the direction, if not at the dictation of Paul. Many words and phrases are common to both; e.g., compare:
Lu 4:22; with Col 4:6.
Lu 4:32; with 1Co 2:4.
Lu 6:36; with 2Co 1:3.
Lu 6:39; with Ro 2:19.
Lu 9:56; with 2Co 10:8.
Lu 10:8; with 1Co 10:27.
Lu 11:41; with Tit 1:15.
Lu 18:1; with 2Th 1:11.
Lu 21:36; with Eph 6:18.
Lu 22:19-20; with 1Co 11:23-29.
Lu 24:46; with Ac 17:3.
Lu 24:34; with 1Co 15:5.
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Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us, as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us; read more. it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus, in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,
And they all continued to witness to Him, and wonder at the words of grace proceeding out from His mouth: and say, Is not this the son of Joseph?
And they were astonished at His teaching; because His word was with authority.
Therefore be ye merciful, as your Father is indeed merciful.
And He spoke a parable unto them, Whether is the blind able to lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?
There were two debtors to a certain creditor: the one owed him five hundred denaria, and the other fifty.
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said Legion; because many demons entered into him.
Into whatsoever city you may enter and they may receive you, eat those things which are placed by you:
No one, having lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, in order that those coming in may see the light.
Therefore give alms of your substance; and behold all things are pure unto you.
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
And He spoke a parable to them that it behooves them to pray always, and not to faint;
And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin:
Therefore watch, praying all the time, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And taking bread, blessing it, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body given for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out in your behalf.
saying, The Lord indeed is risen, and was seen by Simon.
And He said to them, As it has been written, That Christ must suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day;
Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.
opening and proving, that it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is the Christ.
and persuade yourself that you are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, an instructor of the ignorant,
And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power:
If any one of the unbelievers invite you, and you wish to go; eat everything which is placed before you, asking no questions on account of conscience.
For I received this from the Lord, which I have also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and having given thanks, broke it, and said; This is my body, which is for you: do this in remembrance of me. read more. Likewise also the cup, after supper, saying; This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you may drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you may eat this bread, and drink the cup, you do proclaim the death of the Lord, until he may come. So whosoever may eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup; for the one eating and drinking, net discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.
and that he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation;
For if I shall in any thing the more abundantly boast concerning our power which the Lord gave us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I will not be ashamed:
praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit in every place, and watching unto this same thing in all perseverance and prayer for all the saints,
Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how it behooves you to answer each one.
Unto which indeed we are praying incessantly for you, in order that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and work of faith, with power;
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
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LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And Jesus immediately constrained His disciples to embark into the ship and go before Him to the other side, until he can send away the multitudes.
Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of the (bread) of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And not being able to come near Him on account of the crowd, they opened the roof where He was: and having lifted it up, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
And immediately He constrained His disciples to embark into the ship, and go before Him to the other side to Bethsaida, until He shall send away the multitude.
And He sent him to his own house, saying, Go not into the village.
And they continued to bring little children to Him, that He should touch them: but the disciples rebuked those bringing them.
And when you may see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not (let him that readeth know), then let those in Judea fly to the mountains:
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us, as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us;
as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us;
as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us; it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus, in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed.
in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed.
in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
And blessed is she that believeth, because there shall be a perfection to those things having been spoken to her by the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He looked upon us and wrought redemption to His people, and raised up unto us a horn of salvation
It came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Augustus Caesar, to enroll all the world.
It came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Augustus Caesar, to enroll all the world. This was the first enrollment, Cyrenius being governor of Syria.
And Jesus continued to grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and men.
And Jesus continued to grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and men.
And Jesus continued to grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and men.
And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas
And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas
And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas
Every valley shall be filled up and every mountain and hill shall be cut down; and the crooked places shall be straight and the rough ways smooth.
And He said, Truly I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
And not having found by what way they may bring him in on account of the crowd, going upon the house, they let him down through the tiles along with the bed in their midst in the presence of Jesus.
And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were sitting along with Him.
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called the Zealot;
And the whole multitude sought to touch Him: because power was going out from Him, and was healing all.
To the one smiting thee on the cheek turn the other also; and from the one taking away thy cloak do not withhold even the coat.
And that word about Him went out in all Judea, and all the country round about.
And a certain one of the Pharisees, asked Him, that He would eat with him, and having come into the house of the Pharisee, He sat down to the table.
and Joanna the wife of Chuzas the steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many other women, who were accustomed to minister unto Him from those things belonging to them.
And calling the twelve, He gave to them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases.
And they did not understand this word, and it was hidden from them, in order that they should not understand it: and they were afraid to ask Him concerning this word.
And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whosoever is not against us is on our side. And it came to pass while the days of His taking up were being fulfilled, and He turned His face to go to Jerusalem,
And it came to pass while the days of His taking up were being fulfilled, and He turned His face to go to Jerusalem,
And Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead; but thou having gone away proclaim the kingdom of God.
After these things the Lord chose seventy others also, and sent them out two by two before His face, into every place and city, where He was about to come.
But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
give unto us this day our daily bread:
And they will come from the east and west, and the north and south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God.
I say unto you, He went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one exalting himself shall be abased; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted. And they were indeed bringing the infants to Him, that He should touch them: but the disciples seeing rebuked them.
And they were indeed bringing the infants to Him, that He should touch them: but the disciples seeing rebuked them.
And when He came to the place, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, hastening, come down; for it behooveth me to abide in thy house this day.
And speaking these things, He was journeying before them, going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when He drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount called the Mount of Olives, and He sent away two of His disciples,
And having come into the temple, He began to cast out those buying and selling,
And He was teaching daily in the temple, and the chief priests and scribes and the first men of the people were seeking to destroy Him.
And when you may see Jerusalem shut up by the armies, then know that her desolation is nigh.
And when you may see Jerusalem shut up by the armies, then know that her desolation is nigh.
And these things beginning to take place, straighten up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption is nigh.
And the feast of the unleavened bread, called the passover, was nigh.
And when the hour arrived, He sat down and the apostles along with Him.
And there was a contention among them, which one of them seems to be the greater,
And they became stronger and stronger, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee unto this place.
And when they came to the place called Calvary.There they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right and one on the left.
Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, were abiding.
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those inhabiting Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.
For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad.
After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad.
This word you know, which was throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
But the apostles and brethren being throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.
And one of them by name Agabus, standing up, signified through the Spirit that there is about to be a great famine throughout the whole world: which took place under the reign of Claudius. And they determined that each one of them should send to the ministry to the brethren dwelling in Judea, as each one of the disciples was prosperous;
but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all enthusiasm, searching the scriptures daily, if these things are so.
And having found a certain Jew by name Aquila, a Pontic by race, having recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife; because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: he came to them:
But two years having passed away Felix received Porcius Festus as his successor: and Felix, wishing to confer on the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.
But two years having passed away Felix received Porcius Festus as his successor: and Felix, wishing to confer on the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.
And he spent a whole biennium in his own hired house, and received all those coming to him,